Holder for printing strips and method of making the same



W. J. DEMMING.

HOLDER FOR PRINTING STRIPS AND METHOD 0F MAKING THE SAME. APPLICATION FILED `APR. IB. I92I.

1,438,53@ E wanted 1000.111922.

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untreu' wILLrnM J. nutriente, oroLnvnLAnn, OHIO, .ass'renon To Tnnnrirnnrcnn tfr'LfrrL GRAPH COMPANY, or oLnvnLnNn, onto;` n conronn'rronor OHIO.

HOLDER EUR PRNTING STREPS .AND METHOD 0F IVIAKING THE SAME.

Application led April 18, 192i.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, lWILLIAM JOHN DEM- MrNG, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Chio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Holders for ing forms wherein the printing members comprise separate elements adapted to be' secured upon a holder, and the invention is concerned particularly with a very simple and satisfactory holder for printing members which are in the form of strips having inwardly flanged edges.

My invention is in the nature of improvement in plate holders of the kind shown in the application `file-d by Clifton Chisholm, Serial No. 162,250 filed April 18, 1921. In this Chisholm application, members struck from the body ofthe holder serve to hold the character printing strip in position, and it is to an improved. form of strip holdingmeans that this application is directed.

One of the specific objects of my invention is to provide strip holding means in the form of overhangingmembers integral with the plate, which members are of such form and made in such manner that the plate holder will not be weakened Lappreciably thereby, while the members will be very effective in service and not liable to become displaced lor distorted by rough handling.

Further objects of the invention will be apparaent from the following description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein Fig, 1 indicates the plan of a plate holder constructed according. to my invention; Figs. 2 and 3 represent respectively end and side elevations of the plate holder; Fig. 41- is a view similar to Fig. 1 showing the impression strips in position; Fig. 5 is a section on .the line 5 5, F ig. 4l; Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-6, `Fig. 1; Fig. 7 is a section on line T T, Fig. 1; -li`ig. 8 is a section on line 8-S, Fig. d; and Fig. 9 is a section on line 9-9, Fig. t.

Referring to the drawings by reference Serial No. 462.1322?.r

characters, the plate holder indicated at 1Q comprises a body portion 11 having` end rails 19 12 thereon. rhese end rails may comprises portions of the metal folded or rolled to position. y, y

A portion of the plate holder beneath each rail is indented as at 14 to allow wheels on inlring rollers to bring the latter to inliing position. ylhe top of the plate is shown as cut away at 15 andas provided with a foldedover portion 16, adapted to coact with struck up prongsr 17, `to secure an identification,y card 18 in place.V Suitable means to prevent lateral displacement of this identification oardf may be providedv which have shown as struck-up portions 19 and 20. The lower portion of the plate may be folded over, as shown at 21 to adord a reinforcing rib.

The plate holder is adapted to be used in connection with detachable impression members; To enable such impression members to be secured in position, l have shown .means comprising a number of parallel rows of bosses 10. These bosses each comprise a central portion d1, whi'chis shown as substantially fiat and parallel with the body portion of the plate from which it may be struck. l

This central portion is separated from the body of the plate along curved lines 42 and 13, and is` joined at each endI to the plate by webs or tongues 44.` These webs /141 are of less width than the dat portion'fld, so that the latter project beyond the line of the webs on either side to afford projections or` shoulders d'6, best shown in Fig.` 7.

ltwill thus beseen that each row of bosses" 40 provides in effect a continuous line of members,'l`shaped in elevation, rising above the plane of the plate holder. The plate holder thus produced is much stronger than others wherein the `holding tongues are separated from the body of the plate along three' lines.

rllhe impression member is shown as comw prising a substantially dat strip 50 having suitabale printing characters `51 thereon. The lateral edges of the strip are bent as at 52 to form holding flanges. y These flanges are adapted to engage the sides and beneath tho projections 40, to thereby hold the impression strips in place.

The printing strip may be made to t the projections tight enough to prevent' accidental displacement.

In use, .a properly lettered printing strip is fitted over an end projection, and the strip is moved to proper position. I have shown the holder as adapted to receive five strips although more or less, as desired, may be used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

l. A printing strip holder having a row of bosses thereon connected with the'holder at two opposite sides, and disconnected therefrom at its other two sides to provide overhangi'ng'portions, and a printing strip adapted to overlie said bosses and having inwardly flanged edges adapted to extend beneath said overhanging portions.

2. A plate having a boss pressed therep from, fand connected with the plate at two opposite sides, and disconnected from4 the plate at its other two sides to provide overhanging portions, and a printing strip adapted to overlie said boss and having inwardly flanged edges adapted to extend beneath said overhanging portions.

3. A holder having a row of bosses thereon connected with the holder at two opposite sides,and disconnected from the holder at its other two sides to provide overhanging portions.

4. A plate having a line of bosses struck therefrom, said bosses being connected with the plate in line with the row and being disconnected with the plate transversel of the row.

5. Av plate` having a plurality of bosses struck therefrom and disposed above the plane of the plate, the bosses being connected with the plate at two spaced sides and having the portion intermediate the points of connection overhanging the plate.

6. A holder vhaving a plurality of oppositely facing, directly connected, struck-up projections thereon, and a trough shaped impression member secured over vand beneath said projections.

7. A printing strip holder having a plurality of oppositely disposed retaining projections thereon, the material intermediate the projections being continuous in a straight line throughout the length of the plate holder.

8. A holder formed from sheet metal comprising a body portion having a plurality of oppositely disposed projections thereon, said projections having the same thickness as the body portion and being connected to the body portion along two sides and disconnected from the body portion along two curved lines.

9. The combination of a printing strip holder having a body part with a series of engaging members thereon, each member including a. central part and two oppositely disposed engaging portions, and a printing strip adapted to overlie the central part and having parts adapted to extend beneath the engaging portions.

10.11 holder comprising a sheet metal body portion having a plurality of directly connected projections thereon, said projections being parallel to the' body of the plate holder, and the projections and their connecting portion being pressed therefrom, and an impression member secured by said projections.

11. A printing' strip holder having pairs of oppositely facing projections thereon, said projections being arranged above the body of the holder, each pair of projections being united by a web parallel tothe holder but spaced from it, said web being vconnected at opposite edges intermediate the projections with the holder. i

12. In a holder, a body part having a series of engaging bossesthereon, each boss including a central portion and two engaging projections, said central portionbeing joined to the holder by webs.

13. In a holder, a sheet metal plate having a series of engaging bosses pressed therefrom, each boss including acentral portion and two engaging projections, said central portion being joined at its opposite edges to the holder.

14:. In a printing strip holder, a plurality of retaining projections thereon, said projections being defined by material struck from the body of the holder, and being op positely disposed and having their roots directly connected. 1 1

l5. `A holder having impression strip retaining means thereon, said retaining means comprising a portion including a plurality of pairs of projections separated from each other and from the plate holder along two .oppositely disposed arcuate curves, said portion defined by the curves being disposed above the plane of the plate holder.

16. A sheet metal holder having impres- .sion-member-engaging means, said means comprising bosses disconnected .from the plate holder along two sides and'disposed above the plane` of the plate holder andhaving oppositely directed projections thereon.

17. A sheet metal holder having pairs of projections thereon, the projections in each pair facing in opposite directions and disconnected fromv the holder on two sides and arranged above the body of the holder, said projections being joined by a web, and an impression member resting upon said web and having portions extending beneath said projections.

18. In a printing strip holder made from sheet metal, a body part having a series of engaging members thereon, each member including a central portion disconnected from the holder on two sides and two engaging portions, said central portion being joined to the holder by webs of less width than said engaging members.

19. A printing strip holder having a row of bosses pressed therefrom, said bosses being connected with the holder only by two necks which are narrower than the head of the boss and are located respectively at the opposite edges oi the boss and extend in the direction of the row.

20. A printing strip holder having parallel rows of bosses pressed therefrom, each boss having a head above the body of the holder and two narrower necks connecting opposite edges of the head with the holder' and extending in the direction of the row.

2l. A printing strip holder having a row of bosses pressed therefrom, each boss havinv' a substantially circular head and two` necks narrower than the head and connecting its opposite edges with the holder in the direction of the row, the remaining-` arcuate edges ot' the head being free. Y

22. The method of providing a printing strip holder with gripping projections comi prising slitting ,the body portion oit the holder along opposed disconnected lines concaved toward each other and raising thematerial, between the slits7 above the plane oie the body portion.

23. The method of providing a printing strip holder with gripping projections comprising slitting the body portion of the holder along opposed disconnected lines and raising the material between the slits, above the plane of the body portion while leaving ting the body portion of the plate holder along opposed curved lines and simultaneously raising the material between the slits, above the plane of the body portion while leaving the material at the ends of the slits connected with the body portion.

25; The method of providing a plate with a row of retaining pressing the projections from the plate, disconnecting two of their" edgesr therefrom along lines which approach the axis of the row, while leaving the projections connected with the plate by necks extending in the direction of the row.

426. The step inthe method of making holders for printing strips, which comprises pressing a boss from a plate to `form a head disconnected from the plate at two edges while leaving two necks narrower than the head connecting opposite edges of it with the plate.

27. The method oit providing a holder with gripping projections comprising shearing the body portion of the holder along opposed spaced lines which approach each other at their ends and simultaneously raising the material between snch lines above the plane oi' the body portion without shearing the material at the ends oi the varied projections. c

` In testimony whereoil hereunto affix my signatnre.

WlLLlili J. DEMMlNC-lz projections comprising Y 

